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Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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After-School Support Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
416. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of children and households availing of the after-school child care scheme. [14866/15]
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After-School Support Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
417. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child care providers participating in the after-school child care scheme, by county. [14870/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Education Standards
Jonathan O'Brien
418. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions made to ensure that children in residential care, including in secure units, are receiving the education to which they are entitled; the guidelines applicable for the education provisions for these children; and if he is satisfied that all children in residential care are receiving a proper education. [13933/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Education Welfare Service
Jonathan O'Brien
419. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the number of children in residential care has come to the attention of the education welfare board during the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13934/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Juvenile Offenders
Jonathan O'Brien
420. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the education facilities available at Oberstown in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13937/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Care Services Regulation
Michael Healy-Rae
421. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding crèches in the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14076/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Youth Services Provision
Maureen O'Sullivan
422. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to the value for money and policy review of youth programmes, the steps he will take to ensure that the young people's facilities and services fund will be targeted, as per the guidelines, at those areas and young persons most at risk from drug abuse. [14082/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Foster Care Supports
Peadar Tóibín
423. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware that payments to full-time foster parents of high-needs children are currently being reduced when families need to avail of short-term respite. [14126/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Irish Language
Terence Flanagan
424. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to promote the use of Irish in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14170/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Inter-Country Adoptions
Mary Lou McDonald
425. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the subsidiary principle of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Children in Intercountry Adoption was implemented in the adoption of five children from the United States of America to Ireland in 2014, considering that 7,092 children were adopted into the United States of America from overseas in 2013. [14230/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child and Family Agency Staff
Paul Murphy
426. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the recent dismissal, without prior notice or disciplinary procedures, of a person (details supplied), whose position was funded by Tusla-Child and Family Agency, employed by a resource and development centre, by a slim majority decision of that centre's board of management, despite an extraordinary emergency general meeting of the centre's users subsequently voting to replace the board and reinstate the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14269/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child and Family Agency
Sandra McLellan
427. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children from Ireland who have been sent to Kibble, Scotland, in the years 2011 to 2014; the cost in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14290/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child and Family Agency Staff
Richard Boyd Barrett
428. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of staffing levels in Tusla-Child and Family Agency, including the number of vacancies in each area, both geographical and professional; his plans to fill these vacancies; and the timeframe he has set for same. [14337/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Care Services Regulation
Brendan Griffin
429. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the child care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14453/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Commissions of Inquiry
Charlie McConalogue
430. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the commission of inquiry for mother and baby homes is scheduled to officially begin; the structure and timeline for various aspects of the inquiry, in terms of oral hearings and so on; when contact details for the inquiry will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14505/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child and Family Agency Staff
Finian McGrath
431. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14536/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Care Costs
Pat Deering
432. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to alleviate the financial burden on parents who have very large child care costs; and if consideration has been given to a second free year of preschool. [14667/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Counselling Services Provision
Robert Troy
433. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to reduce waiting times for counselling services for child victims of sexual abuse. [14645/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Care Services Funding
Michael Moynihan
434. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the situation whereby child care service providers receive capitation for 38 weeks but their staff are entitled to be paid for 41 weeks; if he is aware of the impact this shortfall has on the finances of these providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14747/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Care Costs
Bernard Durkan
435. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he expects to be in a position to influence the provision of adequate child care facilities, particularly in the context of economic recovery, whereby both partners in a household may be at work; if consideration has been given to provision of improved child care facilities in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14900/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Youth Services Provision
Bernard Durkan
436. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department continues to liaise with the various youth support organisations, with a view to ensuring the provision of adequate support or advisory facilities to children or young adults who may be in a vulnerable situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14901/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Bullying of Children
Bernard Durkan
437. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which his Department monitors the extent of bullying taking place outside work or school and cyberbullying; if any particular issues have arisen which may alert authorities to the existence of particular trends of bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14902/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Youth Services Provision
Bernard Durkan
438. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which he and his Department have received representations from various youth organisations seeking financial or other support; the degree to which he continues to be in a position to respond to such requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14903/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Protection
Bernard Durkan
439. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of incidents of child abuse of a physical, psychological or sexual nature, reported directly or indirectly to his Department or bodies under his aegis in the past year to date; the degree to which it has been found possible to respond quickly and adequately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14904/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Protection
Bernard Durkan
440. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of incidents of children at risk brought to the attention of his Department in the past year to date; the degree to which adequate support or other resolution has been found in all such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14905/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Protection
Bernard Durkan
441. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the number of children at risk through poverty or homelessness in the past 12 months has been identified or brought to the attention of his Department; the actions taken to address such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14906/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Juvenile Offenders
Bernard Durkan
442. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of places of detention currently available to cater for juvenile offenders; the extent of rehabilitative or counselling services available to such offenders while in detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14907/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Protection
Bernard Durkan
443. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the welfare of children in State care continues to be monitored by his Department; the degree of any issues emerging and requiring attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14908/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Protection
Bernard Durkan
444. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which he expects to be in a position to offer assistance to voluntary bodies or agencies providing counselling or other support services for children or teenagers, with particular reference to those deemed to be at risk or in danger of self-harm; if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the quality and scale of back-up services available in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14909/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Protection
Bernard Durkan
445. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of incidents in respect of which children with a tendency to self-harm are being brought to the attention of his Department in the past 12 months; if adequate support services have been made available in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14910/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Child Protection
Bernard Durkan
446. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which children or young adults in respect of whom protection orders have been made, have been reported to his Department in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14911/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Departmental Programmes
Bernard Durkan
447. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the Area-Based Childhood Programme 2013-2016 continues to be monitored and implemented by his Department, with particular reference to targeting the specific needs of children, as anticipated by the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14912/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Youth Services Funding
Bernard Durkan
448. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he continues to liaise with Kildare Youth Services in order to ensure the adequacy of funding and resources to meet its requirements with regard to its respective programmes throughout the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14913/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Semi-State Bodies Dividends
Billy Timmins
449. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a list of the semi-State commercial companies under the aegis of his Department; the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14960/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
Colm Keaveney
450. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision on an application under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13896/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
451. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13874/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
452. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an appointment at St. Luke's Hospital in Dublin 6 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13881/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
453. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [13883/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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HSE Investigations
Billy Kelleher
454. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the investigation into the case of a person (details supplied) who was a patient at Redwood, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13888/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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HSE Staff Remuneration
Brian Walsh
455. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the reason an employee of an organisation (details supplied) in County Galway has not received twilight premium-time payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13905/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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HSE Staff Remuneration
Brian Walsh
456. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health the reason an employee of an organisation (details supplied) in County Galway has not received twilight premium-time payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13906/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
Thomas P. Broughan
457. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting time for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 who is on the waiting list for orthodontic work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13923/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Orthodontic Services Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
458. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Limerick will be called for orthodontic assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13931/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Appointments Delays
Gerry Adams
459. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is currently waiting for an echo-cardiogram; if he will confirm that the waiting time is approximately ten months; the measures being taken to address this unacceptable delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13936/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Dental Services
Robert Troy
460. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be scheduled for dental work. [13938/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Colm Keaveney
461. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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HSE Staff Remuneration
Éamon Ó Cuív
462. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason workers in an agency (details supplied) were never paid twilight premium-time payments, although these were promised to them; the reason the Health Service Executive never provided the required funding for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13946/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
463. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health in respect of utilising the services of fire fighters, employed full-time or on a part-time retainer, in their capacity as trained emergency first responders as a back-up to the ambulance service, his plans to meet with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government to discuss a memorandum of understanding between the Health Service Executive and local authorities, as well as the financial resources that would be required to implement these supports across the State. [13961/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Disease Management
Michael Healy-Rae
464. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the progress on the issues raised with regard to the testing, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease since the hearing of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children in December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13962/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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HSE Investigations
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
465. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the second investigation into the tragic loss of a baby (details supplied), and other cases of concern that have taken place in the maternity unit at Cavan General Hospital; when he expects to receive the report; if he will recommit to publish this report on receipt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13968/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Robert Troy
466. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [13975/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Mobility Allowance Decision
Timmy Dooley
467. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health when a motorised transport grant or an alternative to same will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13986/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Nursing Education
Michael Healy-Rae
468. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health regarding the Health Service Executive's plans for the rapid growth in the older-old population, that will present an extensive increase in the requirement for gerontological nursing care, the position in relation to the requirement of increasing the number of places for undergraduate nurses to help ensure an availability of nurses to meet the clinical care needs of the older population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13994/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Finian McGrath
469. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the delay in bringing the Beaumont renal transplant programme into operation, which requires the recruitment of transplant surgeons, thus reducing the cost to the State of the medical care of patients on dialysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13995/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Services
Terence Flanagan
470. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14010/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Michael Healy-Rae
471. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an appointment in the South Infirmary Hospital in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14011/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Michael Healy-Rae
472. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an urgent throat operation in the South Infirmary Hospital in County Cork in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14014/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Strategies
Michael Healy-Rae
473. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a workforce plan for the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14015/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Patient Safety Agency Establishment
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
474. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a patient safety authority as outlined in the programme for Government 2011; the form this authority will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14018/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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National Drugs Strategy Implementation
Thomas Pringle
475. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to create a position for a Minister to oversee issues related to drug abuse and overdose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14026/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Suicide Prevention
Derek Nolan
476. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will make funding available to provide suicide prevention courses in post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14029/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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HIQA Investigations
Clare Daly
477. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority automatically carry out investigations into care centres, when information emerges that employees have been found guilty of abuse of clients of the care centre, despite having been exonerated in an internal inquiry; and the steps the authority can take in relation to that matter. [14044/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Services Allowances
John Halligan
478. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person in County Waterford applying for a grant for a wig through the Health Service Executive is entitled to a substantially lower grant than persons applying for the same grant in another county; in view of the fact that in February 2014 his predecessor in a parliamentary question replied that he had committed to ensure that by the end of 2015 the disparity across counties regarding the level of grants available for wigs for patients with cancer would be eradicated, and that the level of grants available would be the same in each county; if this is now the case; if the higher level grant is now being made available in all counties; his views that it is fair to discriminate in terms of the grants available on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14051/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medical Card Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
479. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Primary Care Centres
Joe Carey
480. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14054/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Closures
Michael McCarthy
481. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health his views on reports that Bantry General Hospital was closed to ambulance and SouthDoc patients recently; the reason for this closure; if this was a short-term measure or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14075/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Michael McCarthy
482. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken thus far towards the delivery of a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Cork; the current status of the project; the next steps in the process including the timeframe; the ranking of this project on the Health Service Executive's priority list of primary care centre projects; if funding is in place to progress this plan in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14085/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Appointments Administration
Brian Walsh
483. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will make the necessary appointment at Galway University Hospital to carry out a procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14087/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Paul Connaughton
484. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been waiting for a long period of time for a hip operation; when it is anticipated that the operation will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14092/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medicinal Products Availability
Joanna Tuffy
485. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will make available the drug, Regorafenib, to treat patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14093/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
Dan Neville
486. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Health the progress following a memorandum of understanding between the Health Information and Quality Authority and the Mental Health Commission, on working together in relation to the regulation of health, social care and mental health services. [14094/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Care Professionals
Noel Grealish
487. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will ensure that twilight premium-time payments are made to social care workers employed by the Brothers of Charity and Ability West in counties Galway and Roscommon, in view of the fact that the Labour Court and a Department circular have confirmed that this payment should be made, but the executive has never funded either of the two organisations; his plans to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14104/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Debt Collection
Maureen O'Sullivan
488. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health his views that hospital debt collecting agents are understanding of the harsh economic realities for the less well off in society; his further views that many persons feel that these debt collecting agencies are not co-operative, not understanding and can often be very intimidating towards persons within the public health system, who have serious economic and health problems. [14106/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Insurance
Maureen O'Sullivan
489. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health in view of the drive towards private health care currently taking place with the 2% levy for those of 34 years of age and older taking out private cover, his views that further regulation is taking place to ensure that private patients who are alleviating public health waiting lists and outpatient facilities are receiving value for their money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14107/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Patient Transport
Maureen O'Sullivan
490. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene and ensure that there is a day ambulance service offered for elderly patients, many of whom are old and in receipt of State pensions, and cannot afford a private taxi to attend the day hospital at Saint Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park as the service has been suspended due to financial restraints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14108/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospice Services Provision
Brian Stanley
491. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the differential in funding for hospice care per capita between the midlands region and other regions in the mid-west and the north west. [14115/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospice Services Provision
Brian Stanley
492. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a specialist hospice day care service one day a week in each of the midland hospitals. [14116/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medicinal Products Availability
Bernard Durkan
493. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health his plans to have the drug, Regorafenib, made available through the Health Service Executive, a drug which is often used in the treatment of bowel cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14128/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Services Access
Finian McGrath
494. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a place in a health centre in County Kildare in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14138/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Services
Finian McGrath
495. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will address the ambulance and trolley crisis at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14139/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Rights of People with Disabilities
Finian McGrath
496. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will support a matter on protecting children and adults with an intellectual disability (details supplied); and the plans in place to protect children and adults with a disability from being sexually assaulted in our care services. [14149/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medicinal Products Availability
David Stanton
497. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health the number of persons registered for the drug payment scheme; the number of medical card holders respectively who are currently being prescribed Nadolol to treat life-threatening cardiac conditions; the position regarding medical card holders and payment for Nadolol; if his Department or the Health Service Executive plan to review their positions in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14152/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medicinal Products Availability
David Stanton
498. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of cases where patients with serious cardiac conditions who have been prescribed Nadolol are unable to access the drug due to the high cost or lack of availability; the options available to such patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14153/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Accommodation Provision
Tom Fleming
499. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of convalescence beds and respite beds in the Saint Columbanus Home and Community Hospital in Killarney in County Kerry; the number of beds that are vacant to cope with the demand the many vulnerable patients with flu symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14154/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Irish Language
Terence Flanagan
500. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to promote the use of Irish in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14175/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Services
Fergus O'Dowd
501. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to a briefing received from Cystic Fibrosis Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14180/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medicinal Products Availability
Pat Breen
502. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 479 of 21 January 2015, if he will provide an update on the application lodged with the Health Service Executive for the inclusion of the drug Fampyra for multiple sclerosis under the community drugs scheme; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14202/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Nursing Staff Recruitment
Terence Flanagan
503. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14211/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medicinal Products Availability
Mick Wallace
504. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the reason Regorafenib Stivarga is not currently available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22, whose oncologist has recommended this as a potentially life-saving option in that person's cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14212/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Mobility Allowance Review
Terence Flanagan
505. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding a mobility allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14213/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Health Services Expenditure
Clare Daly
506. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the ratio of expenditure annually on psychotropic and anti-depressant medications prescribed under the general medical services scheme to annual expenditure on talk therapies such as are provided by counsellors, psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health professionals. [14217/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Services for People with Disabilities
Clare Daly
507. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if mechanisms are in place to ensure that costs for services within residential and respite care facilities for children and adults with disabilities are standardised across the sector, so that costs to the Health Service Executive for services do not vary wildly from facility to facility or year to year. [14218/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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HIQA Investigations
Clare Daly
508. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the manner in which the Health Information and Quality Authority is conducting inquiries into cases of alleged abuse in care homes. [14219/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Services for People with Disabilities
Clare Daly
509. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that outsourcing care for persons with disabilities to private health care providers is the most effective way to ensure high quality care for those persons. [14220/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Services for People with Disabilities
Clare Daly
510. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on concerns that an over-reliance on private residential and respite care facilities for persons with disabilities has led to disparities in the availability of these services in different regions, such that some regions are under-served. [14221/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Care of the Elderly Provision
Clare Daly
511. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health when the revised standards for residential care for older persons will be published and implemented. [14222/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Medicinal Products Prices
Clare Daly
512. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the massive regional variation in the cost of psychotropic and anti-depressant medications prescribed under the general medical services scheme, as revealed in a recent report. [14223/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Mental Health Services Provision
Clare Daly
513. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in the context that he informed Dáil Éireann on 29 January 2015 that treatment for depression usually involves a combination of medication, talking therapies, usually provided by a mental health professional, such as a counsellor, psychiatrist or psychologist, and self-help, his views that funding of only €7.5 million for counselling in primary care services is adequate to ensure adequate access to these services for persons suffering with mental health problems. [14224/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Hospital Services
Jack Wall
514. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals where Ketogenic treatment is available; the waiting lists for such treatment at such hospitals; the number of patients who have received such treatment at such hospitals over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14229/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Mental Health Services Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
515. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planned 45-bed adult psychiatric acute admissions unit, to be located at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Healthcare Campus in Drogheda in County Louth as a replacement for Saint Brigid's Hospital in Ardee in County Louth; if the unit is on-track to open in quarter 3 of 2015, as stated in the Health Service Executive Mental Health Division Operational Plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14232/15]